Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-10-04
FACTS ron FARMERS.

Making flrst-class butter is the
best business for tho farm. Itrobs the
farm the least.-Farm Journal.
-One-third of the cattle and less
than one-thirtieth Of the sheep import
cd by Great Britain come from the
United States.
-"Cholera" Is Said to have devastat-
cd the bees In winter quarters around
Ellenvillc. N. z; one man lost twenty
three colonies.
Barley makes an excellent late
green crop. the boards b0ing the only
objection But fow cattle or horses
object TO tho boards.
Linen cuffs arc not so close-fitting as
wero the ones worn with tight dress
sleeves, and show nearly or quite one
inch below the sleeve.
Wheat corn, barley, beans. lin
seed, hemp seed, rape seed. crushed
fresh bones, mustard seed, clover, and
groen cabbage are essentials in poul-
try feeding.
-HvoForever. Wild Morning G lory,
quack and Canada thistle may all be
exterminated II wo will plow the ground
and turn in hogs. 1t might bo we'll to
scatter shelled corn about to induce tho
swine to root. and keen appetitcs should
DO induced by a somewhat scanty sup
ply Of food.
What we mood is not more acres OF
grain but more bushels TO the acre;
not moro acres OF meadow. but more
tons of hay to the acre. Fifteen acres
OF wheat at fifteen bushels to the acre,
at present prices. means loss; but ten
acres at thirty bushels per acre insures
a nice profit -Husbandman
Geese can be fattened cheaply, as
they will eagerly consume a variety Of
food. but to get them worry fat they
should have grain. A goose should
not bo too fat, as such are objection
able. but they should be fat enough TO
present an excellent market appear
ance. Young geese can not be fed too
literally. They will not become ex-
trcmely fat until matured.
II you have empty combs, be care
ful that the bee moth docs not get at
them A good way to protect them is
to get one Of those small balls contain
ing spiders eggs (Which you will like
ly find hanging In the woodsheO and
place in the hive with the empty combs.
The spiders as they hatch will protect
the combs from moths and NOT hurt
them.
Comb foundation should be used
plentifully when hiving swarms, unless
you have plenty Of old combs. The
manufacture OF wax is costly, and
takes the time of the bees which should
be given to gathering honey. 1t is
economy to give them comb fousda-
ton; 1t saves time and labor and pre-
vents tho loss of the honey-fow, which
often is passed and gone by the time
swarm has built out the comb to re-
ceiye it
1t is tho nature Of gypsum to at
tract moisture from the air. and hence
| in season Of less than average rain
fall, gypsum no doubt saves the crop
to which 1t is applied from the worst
effects of drought. 1t is possible also
that it may attract ammonia from the
air. thereby securing for the plant a
valuable fertilizer. But It must be
evident that if gypsum acs to draw
moisture from the air it ought not to
be applied to soils in which therc is al
ready redundancy of moisture. Low.
level lands. which arc inadequately
drained. can well afford to dispense
with gypsum in almost any season; aud
even In well-drained soils it is as likely
TO do more harm than good in a sea-
son of moro than ordinary rainfall =
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